{
  "generated_at": "2026-05-11T12:18:48+00:00",
  "counts": {
    "liquor": 1500,
    "beer": 6706,
    "cannabis": 405,
    "tobacco": 3579,
    "total": 12190
  },
  "mapped_features": 12184,
  "sources": [
    {
      "category": "Liquor stores",
      "name": "Current Liquor Authority Active Licenses",
      "agency": "New York State Liquor Authority",
      "endpoint": "https://data.ny.gov/d/9s3h-dpkz",
      "filter": "description IN ('Liquor Store','Wine Store') AND county in 5 NYC boroughs",
      "geocoding": "Built-in georeference field"
    },
    {
      "category": "Beer (groceries / delis / drug stores)",
      "name": "Current Liquor Authority Active Licenses",
      "agency": "New York State Liquor Authority",
      "endpoint": "https://data.ny.gov/d/9s3h-dpkz",
      "filter": "description IN ('Grocery Store','Drug Store') AND county in 5 NYC boroughs",
      "geocoding": "Built-in georeference field"
    },
    {
      "category": "Legal cannabis dispensaries",
      "name": "Current OCM Licenses",
      "agency": "New York State Office of Cannabis Management",
      "endpoint": "https://data.ny.gov/d/jskf-tt3q",
      "filter": "license_type in adult-use retail/microbusiness/RO dispensary types AND license_status='Active' AND county in 5 NYC boroughs",
      "geocoding": "NYC DCP GeoSearch (https://geosearch.planninglabs.nyc)"
    },
    {
      "category": "Tobacco / e-cigarette retailers",
      "name": "Legally Operating Businesses",
      "agency": "NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection",
      "endpoint": "https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/w7w3-xahh",
      "filter": "business_category IN ('Tobacco Retail Dealer','Electronic Cigarette Dealer') AND license_status in ('Active','Ready for Renewal')",
      "geocoding": "Built-in latitude/longitude fields"
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "A current license is not the same as a currently operating business. Some licensees close, move, or sell without notifying the regulator.",
    "Illegal/unlicensed cannabis or smoke shops are not in any of these datasets.",
    "Licensees can hold multiple license types at one address (e.g., a bodega may appear as both a liquor seller and a tobacco dealer at the same address).",
    "OCM addresses are geocoded via NYC DCP GeoSearch. A small share of records fail to geocode; those are excluded from the map but kept in the CSV."
  ]
}